Revolt on fisa as the House Speakers future hangs in the balance, just a few votes. But we begin at the white house where President Biden is still predicting an Interest Rate cut and defending his administrations role fighting inflation. At the same time, the president is trying to circle the wagons in the pacific against china. White house correspondent Jacqui Heinrich starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. Good evening, jacqui. Good evening, bret. Once enemies now allies closer than ever. The United States and japan announced more than 70 Defense Cooperation Agreements among other collaborations in a not so subtle message to china, increasingly aggressive in the South Pacific and the taiwan strait. President Biden Preemptively Cooling Blowback from beijing. And our alliance we have with japan is a purely defense in nature. Its not aimed at any one nation or a threat to the region. The japanese state visit comes one day before a trilateral meeting with the philippines under i
Congress be doing about immigration . As always, you can join in on the conversation to social media, send us a tweet at http twitter. Com cspanwj, send us an email, journal cspan. Org , or join us on facebook. We will focus on immigration this morning. Profiles in caution is a cover story on cq weekly. What does it mean into the future of any bipartisan deal this year in congress . Insight on the issue of immigration. There is this jane te last year, john boehner addressed the , talking about taking a piecemeal rather than comprehensive. [video clip] the American People are skeptical of comprehensive bills, frankly, they should be. The only way to make sure that these work this time is to address these complicated issues one step at a time. By doing so we give the American People confidence that we are dealing with these issues in a thoughtful way and a deliberative way. Makeconfident that we can progress on this important issue. That was the speaker of the house, late last year. The
Husband, former president jimmy carter. And then steve ford, the son of former president ford and betty ford. He talked about his mothers struggles with substance abuse. You can watch Rosalynn Carter at 9 00 eastern time and steve ford at 955 eastern monday night on cspan. Our first ladys series returns this month with five episodes on the most recent first ladies from nancy reagan to Michelle Obama monday night starting january 13 live at 9 00 eastern on cspan. Houseong with a low white is oracle association, we are offering a special edition of the book, first ladies of the United States of america. It includes biographies and a portrait of each first lady. It is available for the discounted rights of 12. 95 plus shipping at www. Cspan. Org products. Cspan we bring Public Affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, White House Events, briefings, and conferences, and offering complete gaveltogavel coverage of the u. S. House all a
Earlier this week the Washington Post reported that America s Defense department "is growing concerned that the United Launch Alliance, one of its key partners in launching national security satellites to space, will not be able to meet its needs to counter China and build its arsenal in orbit with .
America s Defense Department "is rushing to expand its capacity to wage war in space," reports the New York Times, "convinced that rapid advances by China and Russia in space-based operations pose a growing threat to U.S. troops and other military assets on the ground and U.S. satellites in orbit."
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